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BRONZE STATUETTE OF THOT
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF THOT
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
BRONZE STATUETTE OF THOT
Egyptian art, Ptolemaic period, 332–30 BC.
An ex-voto statuette depicting the god in his baboon form, seated on a square plinth with his hands on his knees, wearing the lunar disc as a headdress.
Height: 9.3 cm
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres, France, acquired before 1983
At auction, Christie’s, Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres Collection, Paris, 16–17 February 2011: lot 204 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA669)
Bibliography: Christie’s, Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres Collection, Paris, 16–17 February 2011, lot 204
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, p. 86
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 33, figs. 28 and 77
An Egyptian bronze statuette of Thoth as a seated baboon,
Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC.
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